Glaverbel's Stopray glass combines a high light transmission rate with a low solar factor. It reflects heat from the sun during the summer & keeps warmth inside the building during the winter, an effect produced by applying a very thin, invisible, long-lasting metallic coating to the glass. Designed by Mecanoo Architecten in Delft & towering at a height of 152m, Montevideo is the tallest residential building in the Netherlands. Due to be completed end/05, this complex of apartments will benefit from permanent solar protection provided by Stopray Safir 61/32 glass which allows 61% of light to enter rooms whilst rejecting 68% of heat. Glass plays an important role in this project because in the upper floors, it is the only thing that separates the apartments from the outside world and on the lower floors, windows reach unbelievable sizes of almost 15 m².
